herbs – The First Mess // Plant-Based Recipes + Photography by Laura Wrighthttp://thefirstmess.com
A healthy food blog with delicious, plant-based recipes.Thu, 08 Dec 2016 11:56:10 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1BAKED BALSAMIC LENTIL STEW W/ MUSHROOMS & ROSEMARY POTATOEShttp://thefirstmess.com/2016/12/07/baked-balsamic-lentil-stew-recipe/
http://thefirstmess.com/2016/12/07/baked-balsamic-lentil-stew-recipe/#commentsWed, 07 Dec 2016 06:59:10 +0000http://thefirstmess.com/?p=8074You would not believe how many times I’ve eaten pizza, large helpings of chocolate, and waffles/pancakes in the last couple weeks. I always over-commit to work projects when the holidays start and then kind of neglect my personal wellness in the process. Maybe this is sounding familiar to some of you? When we start closing […]

]]>http://thefirstmess.com/2016/12/07/baked-balsamic-lentil-stew-recipe/feed/30CREAMY VEGAN FARROTTO WITH BUTTERNUT SQUASHhttp://thefirstmess.com/2016/11/23/creamy-vegan-farrotto-butternut-squash-recipe/
http://thefirstmess.com/2016/11/23/creamy-vegan-farrotto-butternut-squash-recipe/#commentsWed, 23 Nov 2016 06:59:23 +0000http://thefirstmess.com/?p=8023Years of vegan, vegetarian, and flexitarian living has led me to plenty of risottos at many different types of restaurants. Some of them completely outstanding, and others… not so much. I love the creamy, starchy, stick-to-your-ribs nature of the dish. It’s very comforting, but not in a way that loves you back I’d say. Despite […]

]]>http://thefirstmess.com/2016/11/23/creamy-vegan-farrotto-butternut-squash-recipe/feed/20THE ULTIMATE VEGAN SNACK BOARDhttp://thefirstmess.com/2016/11/11/ultimate-vegan-snack-board-3-recipes/
http://thefirstmess.com/2016/11/11/ultimate-vegan-snack-board-3-recipes/#commentsFri, 11 Nov 2016 06:59:22 +0000http://thefirstmess.com/?p=7978I developed and photographed a cookbook by myself and generally spend a lot of time making things from scratch, so it goes without saying that I’ve now accepted the amount of dishwashing I have to do in this life. Wasn’t always the case though! Around this time last year, I was scrambling in the final […]

]]>http://thefirstmess.com/2016/09/21/rustic-pasta-w-cheesy-chickpea-crumble-heirloom-tomatoes/feed/20THE BEST MARINATED LENTILS FROM “OH SHE GLOWS EVERY DAY”http://thefirstmess.com/2016/09/07/vegan-best-marinated-lentils-recipe/
http://thefirstmess.com/2016/09/07/vegan-best-marinated-lentils-recipe/#commentsWed, 07 Sep 2016 06:59:31 +0000http://thefirstmess.com/?p=7680When I was in culinary school full time, I was also holding down two jobs, a volunteer position, and about a million extra-curricular school activities. I’m not sure how this happened because my prior go at post-secondary education had me focusing strictly on academics as a method of survival. Anything extra while class was in […]

]]>http://thefirstmess.com/2016/09/07/vegan-best-marinated-lentils-recipe/feed/27COZY & SPICY BREAKFAST SKILLET W/ CILANTRO JALAPEÑO SAUCEhttp://thefirstmess.com/2016/08/31/cozy-spicy-vegan-breakfast-skillet-recipe/
http://thefirstmess.com/2016/08/31/cozy-spicy-vegan-breakfast-skillet-recipe/#commentsWed, 31 Aug 2016 06:59:34 +0000http://thefirstmess.com/?p=7655When I was in university, I would show up to my seminars—in January—in flip flops or some other sandal (this was during some dry winters when we weren’t getting any snow to speak of) (also I was mostly walking across a parking lot). This would invite some predictable comments, but the honest truth was that […]

]]>http://thefirstmess.com/2016/08/31/cozy-spicy-vegan-breakfast-skillet-recipe/feed/14SESAME GARLIC NOODLES W/ BROCCOLI, BASIL & CRISPY TEMPEHhttp://thefirstmess.com/2016/08/10/vegan-sesame-garlic-noodles-recipe/
http://thefirstmess.com/2016/08/10/vegan-sesame-garlic-noodles-recipe/#commentsWed, 10 Aug 2016 06:59:51 +0000http://thefirstmess.com/?p=7590So, what is our general feeling on Instagram stories? You know, that thing they introduced that’s awfully similar to Snapchat, but slightly simpler, and with a detectable lack of puppy face filter. I tried to get into the groove of using it to document some cooking and food/beverage things in my everyday sorta life, but […]

]]>http://thefirstmess.com/2016/08/10/vegan-sesame-garlic-noodles-recipe/feed/27CAULIFLOWER SALAD WITH NECTARINES & PISTACHIO DUKKAHhttp://thefirstmess.com/2016/07/13/vegan-cauliflower-salad-recipe-nectarines-pistachio-dukkah/
http://thefirstmess.com/2016/07/13/vegan-cauliflower-salad-recipe-nectarines-pistachio-dukkah/#commentsWed, 13 Jul 2016 06:59:21 +0000http://thefirstmess.com/?p=7539I’m guilty of this, but it seems like cauliflower gets a lot of attention as a cold weather vegetable. It tends to do better with the cozy and winter-y cooking treatments (roasting, mashing, and simmering into a creamy soup, among other things), so I guess that’s why? Whatever the case, it’s in season right now […]

]]>http://thefirstmess.com/2016/07/13/vegan-cauliflower-salad-recipe-nectarines-pistachio-dukkah/feed/29SUMMER PICNIC SALAD WITH BLUEBERRIES & VEGAN “FETA”http://thefirstmess.com/2016/06/30/summer-picnic-salad-with-blueberries-vegan-feta-recipe/
http://thefirstmess.com/2016/06/30/summer-picnic-salad-with-blueberries-vegan-feta-recipe/#commentsThu, 30 Jun 2016 06:59:48 +0000http://thefirstmess.com/?p=7493Over in my neck of the woods, we’re kind of racing to the finish line to get through this week. My man and I have both been going a little crazy with our respective work lately, pulling and stretching into new territories all the while. Growth is awesome, but complicating your existence by thinking about […]

]]>http://thefirstmess.com/2016/06/30/summer-picnic-salad-with-blueberries-vegan-feta-recipe/feed/28CITRUS MISO SLAW WITH 10 VEGETABLEShttp://thefirstmess.com/2016/06/16/citrus-miso-slaw-10-vegetables/
http://thefirstmess.com/2016/06/16/citrus-miso-slaw-10-vegetables/#commentsThu, 16 Jun 2016 06:59:37 +0000http://thefirstmess.com/?p=7446Hey all! Just a quick drop-in with the biggest salad I could muster. I’ve been reeeeaaaal busy watching NBA finals hype videos, but other than that I’ve been taking those screen breaks like I know how ;) Less Snapchat/Instas, more real time. I tend to slip into routines with weeknight dinners, so one of my […]

]]>http://thefirstmess.com/2016/06/16/citrus-miso-slaw-10-vegetables/feed/28CREAMY ZUCCHINI NOODLES WITH WHITE LENTIL SPRING ONION SAUCE & CHEESY SUNFLOWER SPRINKLEhttp://thefirstmess.com/2016/05/25/vegan-creamy-zucchini-noodles-recipe/
http://thefirstmess.com/2016/05/25/vegan-creamy-zucchini-noodles-recipe/#commentsWed, 25 May 2016 07:59:37 +0000http://thefirstmess.com/?p=7301The proper season of vegetable noodle-ing (and tons of watermelon yay!) is here for our household. I know that spiralizing is a cool thing to do all year, but consistently mild temperatures make me crave big bowlfuls of these faux noodles a lot more. Usually I do a straight up marinara saucing with lots of […]

]]>http://thefirstmess.com/2016/05/25/vegan-creamy-zucchini-noodles-recipe/feed/34COCONUT GREEN SOUP WITH CELERY, KALE & GINGERhttp://thefirstmess.com/2016/05/11/vegan-coconut-green-soup-celery/
http://thefirstmess.com/2016/05/11/vegan-coconut-green-soup-celery/#commentsWed, 11 May 2016 07:59:45 +0000http://thefirstmess.com/?p=7244This happens to me every other week or so. I buy celery to use as a base component of recipes, like in a soup, vegetable stock, or grain pilaf. Then, inevitably, I get a decent amount of limp-y celery stalks just sitting in my crisper with no real end purpose. I usually take that as […]

]]>http://thefirstmess.com/2016/05/11/vegan-coconut-green-soup-celery/feed/28STUFFED & SAUCED SWEET POTATOES FROM “MINIMALIST BAKER’S EVERYDAY COOKING”http://thefirstmess.com/2016/05/04/vegan-stuffed-sauced-sweet-potatoes-recipe/
http://thefirstmess.com/2016/05/04/vegan-stuffed-sauced-sweet-potatoes-recipe/#commentsWed, 04 May 2016 07:59:32 +0000http://thefirstmess.com/?p=6887The stuffed sweet potato is no stranger to our weekday dinnertimes, but this iteration is easily the best one we’ve had in a while. The tahini sauce here has a perfect amount of zip from fresh ginger and a whole lot of lime juice–just the way I like it. It kind of sparkles on the […]

]]>http://thefirstmess.com/2016/05/04/vegan-stuffed-sauced-sweet-potatoes-recipe/feed/33HERB & GARLIC ROOT VEGETABLE CRUMBLE FROM “CHICKPEA FLOUR DOES IT ALL”http://thefirstmess.com/2016/04/13/vegan-gluten-free-herb-garlic-vegetable-crumble-recipe/
http://thefirstmess.com/2016/04/13/vegan-gluten-free-herb-garlic-vegetable-crumble-recipe/#commentsWed, 13 Apr 2016 07:59:45 +0000http://thefirstmess.com/?p=6766Sorry to sneak off on you guys for a little bit. I had a minor string of total bummers last week and took it as a sign from somewhere to just chill a second. I tweaked my neck in the thick of it all, and it took me a few days to get back to full […]

]]>http://thefirstmess.com/2016/04/13/vegan-gluten-free-herb-garlic-vegetable-crumble-recipe/feed/23CREAMY MISO PASTA WITH BRUSSELS SPROUTS FROM “LOVE & LEMONS”http://thefirstmess.com/2016/03/30/vegan-creamy-miso-pasta-w-brussels-sprouts-recipe/
http://thefirstmess.com/2016/03/30/vegan-creamy-miso-pasta-w-brussels-sprouts-recipe/#commentsWed, 30 Mar 2016 07:59:46 +0000http://thefirstmess.com/?p=6729Something I tend to waste a little bit of time on that I don’t really tell people about: creeping people’s healthy grocery hauls on Instagram, their blogs etc. I’m also an obsessive cart glancer at Costco, Whole Foods, any grocery-selling store really. Surely this can’t just be me? I feel like it offers so much […]